Cotesia tibialis (Curtis 1830) (Family Braconidae)


Male

Female

Length: 2-3.3mm;
Wingspan: 5.5-6.3mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? May - June
(Earliest: 20.8)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Food:
(Larva)

Several Nymphalidae

Several Pieridae

Several Erebidae

Several Geometridae

Many Noctuidae

Several Tortricidae Larvae

Ostrinia nubilalis Larva

Pyrausta purpuralis Larva

Phalera bucephala

Plutella xylostella Larva
Possible Food:
(Larva)

Lycaenidae Larvae

Other Nymphalidae

Other Pieridae

Cossidae

Other Crambidae

Other Erebidae

Gelechiidae Larvae

Other Geometridae

Lasiocampidae

Other Noctuidae

Notodontidae

Other Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

Zygaenidae Larvae
Food:
(Adult)

Daucus carota Nectar

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Hyper- parasitoids:
Gelis agilis Larva

Lysibia nanus Larva


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